26 (Ländliche Hochzeit) is a symphony in E-flat major by Karl Goldmark, written in 1875,[1] a year before his renowned Violin Concerto No.
[3] Its first American performance was at a New York Philharmonic Society concert, conducted by Theodore Thomas on 13 January 1877.
While Goldmark did not provide any specific program for the work, he did give each of the movements titles suggestive of aspects of a wedding in the countryside.
The Rustic Wedding Symphony was a favourite of conductors such as Thomas Beecham[7] and Leonard Bernstein.
[8] It has been recorded a number of times, by conductors such as Beecham, Bernstein, André Previn, Maurice Abravanel, Jesús López Cobos, Yondani Butt and Stephen Gunzenhauser.